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1*4882a593SmuzhiyunGobi3000 network driver 2011-07-29-1026
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3*4882a593SmuzhiyunThis readme covers important information concerning
4*4882a593Smuzhiyunthe Gobi Net driver.
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6*4882a593SmuzhiyunTable of Contents
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8*4882a593Smuzhiyun1. What's new in this release
9*4882a593Smuzhiyun2. Known issues
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun3. Known platform issues
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15*4882a593Smuzhiyun1. WHAT'S NEW
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17*4882a593SmuzhiyunThis Release (Gobi3000 network driver 2011-07-29-1026)
18*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. Signal the device to leave low power mode on enumeration
19*4882a593Smuzhiyunb. Add "txQueueLength" parameter, which will set the Tx Queue Length
20*4882a593Smuzhiyunc. Send SetControlLineState message during driver/device removal
21*4882a593Smuzhiyund. Change to new date-based versioning scheme
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23*4882a593SmuzhiyunPrior Release (Gobi3000 network driver 1.0.60) 06/29/2011
24*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. Add UserspacePoll() function, to support select()
25*4882a593Smuzhiyunb. Fix possible deadlock on GobiUSBNetTXTimeout()
26*4882a593Smuzhiyunc. Fix memory leak on data transmission
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28*4882a593SmuzhiyunPrior Release (Gobi3000 network driver 1.0.50) 05/18/2011
29*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. Add support for kernels up to 2.6.38
30*4882a593Smuzhiyunb. Add support for dynamic interface binding
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32*4882a593SmuzhiyunPrior Release (Gobi3000 network driver 1.0.40) 02/28/2011
33*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. In cases of QMI read errors, discard the error and continue reading.
34*4882a593Smuzhiyunb. Add "interruptible" parameter, which may be disabled for debugging purposes.
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36*4882a593SmuzhiyunPrior Release (Gobi3000 network driver 1.0.30) 01/05/2011
37*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. Fix rare kernel PANIC if a process terminates while file handle close
38*4882a593Smuzhiyun   or device removal is in progress.
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40*4882a593SmuzhiyunPrior Release (Gobi3000 network driver 1.0.20) 11/01/2010
41*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. Fix possible kernel WARNING if device removed before QCWWANDisconnect().
42*4882a593Smuzhiyunb. Fix multiple memory leaks in error cases.
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44*4882a593SmuzhiyunPrior Release (Gobi3000 network driver 1.0.10) 09/17/2010
45*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. Initial release
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49*4882a593Smuzhiyun2. KNOWN ISSUES
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51*4882a593SmuzhiyunNo known issues.
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55*4882a593Smuzhiyun3. KNOWN PLATFORM ISSUES
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57*4882a593Smuzhiyuna. Enabling autosuspend:
58*4882a593Smuzhiyun   Autosuspend is supported by the Gobi3000 module and its drivers,
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun   but by default it is not enabled by the open source kernel. As such,
60*4882a593Smuzhiyun   the Gobi3000 module will not enter autosuspend unless the
61*4882a593Smuzhiyun   user specifically turns on autosuspend with the command:
62*4882a593Smuzhiyun      echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/level
63*4882a593Smuzhiyunb. Ksoftirq using 100% CPU:
64*4882a593Smuzhiyun   There is a known issue with the open source usbnet driver that can
65*4882a593Smuzhiyun   result in infinite software interrupts. The fix for this is to test
66*4882a593Smuzhiyun   (in the usbnet_bh() function) if the usb_device can submit URBs before
67*4882a593Smuzhiyun   attempting to submit the response URB buffers.
68*4882a593Smuzhiyunc. NetworkManager does not recognize connection after resume:
69*4882a593Smuzhiyun   After resuming from sleep/hibernate, NetworkManager may not recognize new
70*4882a593Smuzhiyun   network connections by the Gobi device. This is a system issue not specific
71*4882a593Smuzhiyun   to the Gobi device, which may result in dhcp not being run and the default
72*4882a593Smuzhiyun   route not being updated.  One way to fix this is to simply restart the
73*4882a593Smuzhiyun   NetworkManager service.
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